Merge pull request #1580 from giuseppe/rootless-always-set-XDG_RUNTIME_DIR

rootless: always set XDG_RUNTIME_DIR

cmd/podman/main.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/hooks"
 	_ "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/hooks/0.1.0"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/rootless"
@@ -109,6 +110,10 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	app.Before = func(c *cli.Context) error {
+		if err := libpod.SetXdgRuntimeDir(""); err != nil {
+			logrus.Errorf(err.Error())
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 		args := c.Args()
 		if args.Present() {
 			if _, notRequireRootless := cmdsNotRequiringRootless[args.First()]; !notRequireRootless {

libpod/runtime.go

@@ -261,6 +261,25 @@ func getDefaultTmpDir() (string, error) {
 	return filepath.Join(rootlessRuntimeDir, "libpod", "tmp"), nil
 }
 
+// SetXdgRuntimeDir ensures the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR env variable is set
+// containers/image uses XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to locate the auth file.
+func SetXdgRuntimeDir(val string) error {
+	if !rootless.IsRootless() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if val == "" {
+		var err error
+		val, err = GetRootlessRuntimeDir()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	if err := os.Setenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", val); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot set XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // NewRuntime creates a new container runtime
 // Options can be passed to override the default configuration for the runtime
 func NewRuntime(options ...RuntimeOption) (runtime *Runtime, err error) {
@@ -297,7 +316,7 @@ func NewRuntime(options ...RuntimeOption) (runtime *Runtime, err error) {
 
 		// containers/image uses XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to locate the auth file.
 		// So make sure the env variable is set.
-		err = os.Setenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR", runtimeDir)
+		err = SetXdgRuntimeDir(runtimeDir)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot set XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
 		}